On Thu, Aug 23, 2012 at 10:56 AM, Bryan Gardiner <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Wed, 22 Aug 2012 17:21:55 +0100
> Ignas Anikevicius <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> On 22/08/12 02:53:53 +0530, Abhijeet R wrote:
>> > With the default configuration, when I press the combination
>> > Mod4+Control+j,k, the cursor moves to the other screen at the
>> > coordinate (0,0). Is there a way so that I can move the cursor to
>> > middle of screen (I mean, at the coordinate (height/2,width/2) )?
>>
>> I have written a small patch, which changes the behaviour, so that we
>> have the mouse repositioned to the centre of the screen. Could we have
>> some discussion about this being the default? Because since I have
>> started using this myself, it has been easier to notice which screen
>> is focused. I also started using unclutter to hide my mouse cursor,
>> which I find to be better than just move it to the corner of the
>> screen.
>>
>> What others think about this?
>
> Does (or can) your patch prevent the focus order from changing on the
> screen that is switched to?  One of the great things about having the
> cursor move to the top-left is that (I think, for most people) there's
> a wibox up there, so the mouse doesn't get placed into any window and
> the focus goes back to the last active window on the screen.
>
> At least, a quick test of moving the mouse to the center of the screen
> changes the focus for me.  I see the benefit of having the cursor go
> to the center though :).
>
> Cheers,
> Bryan

And as a lurker, I see the benefits for a non-mouse user to have the
mouse out-of-the-way. Having the cursor in the center of the screen
would be annoying in some instances (especially with full-screened
windows or single windows on the screen). It should probably be
configurable.

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